A self styled group named The New Materialists in the famed Jawaharlal Nehru University has announced its plans of holding a beef-and-pork festival on 28 September. The plans have been made clear with posters being stuck on the walls announcing â€œwhy JNU needs a beef and pork festivalâ€™. However, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad has opposed the move stating that this will hurt religious sentiments of many who are related to the campus. The festival is slated to be held on 28 September.

The ABVP also gets the support from a section of the NSUI. The student bodies have stated clearly and strongly that the food festival will â€œhurt religious sentiment of studentsâ€ and â€œcould lead to violence on campusâ€. They cited the example of the beef festival organised at the Osmania University, Hyderabad held in April this year, which led to violence on the campus.

â€œThe ABVP will not tolerate these kind of activities on the campus, which is solely crafted to hurt sentiments of the majority students. I appeal to the JNU administrationâ€¦ if it fails to take action against the organisers, then we, as students of the campus, will not let it happen,â€ said JNU ABVP general secretary Sandip Kumar Singh.

However, the SFI-JNU has referred to the matter as merely a matter of â€œindividual food choiceâ€.

The New Materialists seem to be forging ahead with their plans. â€œIf bhaang can be distributed openly during Holi, why canâ€™t JNU dhabas serve beef and pork,â€ asked The New Materialists, who plan to find out about the support they will receive for the food festival. According to Anandha Krishan Raj, a member of the group, students, â€œmostly from the North-Eastâ€, have favoured the festival. However, they have not sought official permission for the festival.

The food festival has left the administrative wing of JNU clearly harrowed. According to Rector Sudha Pai, even though ample discussions about holding such a festival, â€œthe administration will see to it that it does not happenâ€.

The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has also stepped into the matter, urging both Central and State governments not to grant permission for the same, failing which it will have to face serious consequences.

I actually like the beef and pork idea. Those with the religious bent of mind, can stay at home that day. No one is forcing anyone to eat in that festival. Moreover, JNU is a state funded institution, and there is no need for them to dance to the tune of religious bigots.

I actually like the beef and pork idea. Those with the religious bent of mind, can stay at home that day. No one is forcing anyone to eat in that festival. Moreover, JNU is a state funded institution, and there is no need for them to dance to the tune of religious bigots.

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Yea, me too. Always a pleasure to poke these religious nuts where it hurts most and have a hearty laugh as they squirm.

If it was me, I'd go one step further and secretly arm the organizers and their security men with AK47's. Next, send an invitation to the nearby mosques and temples to partake in the feast and as they march on the venue with their swords and lathis, shoot down the b*stards with the AK.

It would only be self defence, and a few more nutjobs would be exterminated from this world. :thumb:

Yea, me too. Always a pleasure to poke these religious nuts where it hurts most and have a hearty laugh as they squirm.

If it was me, I'd go one step further and secretly arm the organizers and their security men with AK47's. Next, send an invitation to the nearby mosques and temples to partake in the feast and as they march on the venue with their swords and lathis, shoot down the b*stards with the AK.

It would only be self defence, and a few more nutjobs would be exterminated from this world. :thumb:

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It seems you are the extremists here rather than the student organisations...

If it hurts religious sentiments of people then it should be banned ! This is what our constitution says. Who the hell they are to poke other's religious sentiments? Thekedaar of pseudo secularism? They can do it in private!

If it hurts religious sentiments of people then it should be banned ! This is what our constitution says. Who the hell they are to poke other's religious sentiments? Thekedaar of pseudo secularism? They can do it in private!

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Fine. I'll start a religion tomorrow in which my God tells me that celebrating Diwali and Id is blasphemy. So will you agree to ban Diwali/Id or celebrate it only in private? After all, its only fair that you don't "hurt" my religious sentiments, right? :der:

Fine. I'll start a religion tomorrow in which my God tells me that celebrating Diwali and Id is blasphemy. So will you agree to ban Diwali/Id or celebrate it only in private? After all, its only fair that you don't "hurt" my religious sentiments, right? :der:

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I second that.

Stay peaceful, and you will be called a wierdo. If you start bombings, riots, etc., automatically people will run to respect your 'sentiments!' This is how the system works.

Anyway, my religion tells me I must eat beef and pork, and I must also bring all the others on the right track, by making them eat beef and pork. I expect my sentiments to be respected. Anybody countering me will be committing blasphemy, and I will have to act as per orders from my God.

It seems you are the extremists here rather than the student organisations...

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One of my most amazing ideas was to form a ninja squad composed of volunteer highly trained members who would fight for the country by shooting down rioters during a riot or assassinating corrupt/communal/anti-patriotic leaders.

Fine. I'll start a religion tomorrow in which my God tells me that celebrating Diwali and Id is blasphemy. So will you agree to ban Diwali/Id or celebrate it only in private? After all, its only fair that you don't "hurt" my religious sentiments, right? :der:

Good idea! Such beef-pork festivals should be replicated across the country.

Though I prefer chicken to all other types of meat, I think amazing things can be done with beef/pork when cooked in the Indian style. India's culinary superiority is well-established (IMO) but it never hurts to be innovative.

Started already. I'm the first adherent. It's called Pro-Liberalism (PL). Now what? When will you be supporting the Diwali/Id bans? Or are you a "pseudo-secularist" like the others and only support "certain" minorities but not others?

There is nothing wrong about people eating beef and pork.
I know some of my Mallu friends who eat beef and in Bangalore you can see a lot of pork shops too. There are no Hindu protesters outside these Kerala mess and no Islamic ones outside small pork shops. If these things remain private, people do let it be.

The problem starts when these things are used a tool of dick waving and power play.
These same ----ing JNU wallas will piss in their pants even on the suggestion of supporting Mohammad the movie or public reading of Satanic verses! Freedom of doing whatever your want eh!

There is nothing wrong about people eating beef and pork.
I know some of my Mallu friends who eat beef and in Bangalore you can see a lot of pork shops too. There are no Hindu protesters outside these Kerala mess and no Islamic ones outside small pork shops. If these things remain private, people do let it be.

The problem starts when these things are used a tool of dick waving and power play.
These same ----ing JNU wallas will piss in their pants even on the suggestion of supporting Mohammad the movie or public reading of Satanic verses! Freedom of doing whatever your want eh!

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They should receive the state's protection to eat whatever they want whenever they want. No religious nutjob has any business of telling me what I can and cannot eat. Threats from religious extremists should be immediately termed terrorism and those fanatics thrown into jail or hanged.

There's only one way to drag those nuts into the 21st century, and it will have to be with them kicking and screaming.

Started already. I'm the first adherent. It's called Pro-Liberalism (PL). Now what? When will you be supporting the Diwali/Id bans? Or are you a "pseudo-secularist" like the others and only support "certain" minorities but not others?

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Start it on the ground manoos, not on internet. Come to India, start your ashram, do the propaganda and then we'll see. Sitting in Germany, sipping some cold beer and making slogans doesnt get you anything.

Anyway these "materialists" seem to be in a mood to raise some shit and get some beating. Who can stop them if their stars are aligned that way...